Geoff Hand Email & Phone Number

I work at a mission-driven law firm in Burlington, Vermont where I help clients navigate complex legal and regulatory challenges with thoughtful, cost-effective counsel. My practice focuses primarily on renewable energy development, environmental litigation, land use permitting, municipal law, and general civil litigation.In my energy and environmental practice, I help developers plan, permit, and construct a wide range of projects including all types of renewable energy facilities. I regularly appear before the Vermont Public Utility Commission and the Environmental Division of the Vermont Superior Court, and have represented clients in numerous appeals before the Vermont Supreme Court.I also represent nonprofits, municipalities, community groups, and individuals in environmental matters, helping them protect the places and resources they care about. Over the course of my practice I've been involved in a number of high-profile environmental cases in the state of Vermont involving a wide range of environmental permitting issues – including, among other things, federal environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), state and federal wetland permits, stormwater discharge permits, analysis of endangered species impacts, Act 250 land use permits, and local zoning permits. Outside of Vermont I work with national environmental nonprofits on climate change litigation strategies, and together with local counsel, represent advocacy organizations in federal courts around the U.S.